| | | Gary Mark Gilmore (December 4, 1940 - January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international notoriety as the first person executed in... | | Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida (Grietje) Zelle (7 August, 1876, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands - 15 October, 1917, Vincennes,... | | Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian army officer and fascist politician. He held the office of Minister President in occupied N... | | Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 - January 31,1945) was a private in the United States Army during World War II and the only American... | | John Byng (October 29, 1704 - March 14, 1757) was a British Admiral who was court-martialled and executed for failing to "do his utmost" during the... | | Robert Brasillach was a French pro-Nazi Germany author in the Vichy France who was executed for collaboration. Born in Perpignan, he studied at the... | | Michel Ney, Duke of Elchingen, Prince of the Moskowa (January 10 1769 - December 7 1815), known as "Le Rougeaud" ("red faced" or "ruddy") by his... | | Nicolae Ceauşescu (IPA, in English, sometimes (and erroneously)) (January 26, 1918-December 25,1989) was the leader of Romania from 1965 until D... | | John Albert Taylor (born c. 1960) was executed by firing squad in Utah on January 26, 1996 at 12:03 a.m. Mountain Time for the 1988 rape and... | | Friedrich Fromm (October 8 1888 - March 12 1945) was a German army officer remembered for his betrayal of conspirators involved in the July 20 Plot... | |